The European Commission has asked European Medicines Agency (EMA) to provide advice on the impact of antibiotic use in animals on public health and animal health. The request was made by the Commission as a part of it's 'Action Plan ...
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Mobidiag, Genewave and Amplidiag have signed a definitive agreement to combine the three companies to set up a new company, which will offer integrated, high-multiplex diagnostic tests for infectious diseases. Headquartered in Helsinki, ...
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Most people who go to Saint Peter's are probably familiar with hookah lounges. Adults, nineteen and over, can go to the lounges and mingle with others while smoking from hookahs. The lounges are typically smoked filled, as people smoke a ...
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VaxInnate, a US-based biotechnology firm, has received a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to fund the development of a recombinant vaccine for the prevention of dengue. The grant will provide ...
Janssen Research & Development is seeking US FDA approval for the use of Simeprevir (TMC435) in combination with pegylated interferon and ribavirin to treat genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C in adults. The company submitted a new drug ...
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The US FDA has accepted Merck's biologics license application (BLA) for an investigational allergy immunotherapy tablet (AIT), Timothy grass pollen (Phleum pratense). The application includes safety and efficacy data of the ...
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US-based diagnostic testing solutions provider Quidel has gained CE Mark for its Quidel Molecular Direct HSV 1+2/VZV assay for the differentiation and detection of herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 (HSV 1+2) and varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted patent no. 8,394,608 to BioFire Diagnostics' patent application covering the FilmArray system. The patent covers methods for sample preparation and two-step multiplex polymerase chain ...
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Scientists used an iPhone and a camera lens to diagnose intestinal worms in rural Tanzania, a breakthrough that could help doctors treat patients infected with the parasites, a study said on Tuesday. Research published by the American ...
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have begun enrolling volunteers for clinical trials to find effective treatments for influenza. One of the studies will assess if treatment with the influenza drug oseltamivir reduces ...
The Duke of York visited the Churchill Hospital in Oxford during December to commemorate the opening of a new building that includes an integrated Cancer and Haematology Centre and provides a base for many NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research ...
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Mystic Pharmaceuticals has obtained US patent for intranasal cartridge devices based on VersiDoser and VRx2 unit dose packaging and delivery platforms. The new device technology facilitates delivery of drugs and biologics into the body ...
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are using Twitter to track what has been a particularly severe flu season across the U.S. As people take to Twitter to complain about being sick with the flu and its dreaded symptoms, researchers ...
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IBM has developed a new biodegradable antimicrobial hydrogel in collaboration with The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. Biocompatible, non-toxic remoldable synthetic antimicrobial hydrogel was developed to break diseased ...
Bio-AMD's majority owned medical devices subsidiary, Bio AMD Limited has submitted a patent application for an Immunoassay Result Reading Apparatus (IRRA) at UK Intellectual Property Office. The IRRA technology can be applied to any ...
Tags: medical devices, Bio AMD Limited, IRRA, UK